Hacking Monster Hunter 3 Save Transfer/Name Hacking

[Treflex]

Well, i couldn't wait for the U.S. version of monster hunter tri, so i've been keeping myself occupied with the japanese one a few months. So i went out and bought the U.S. version, and i didnt feel like doing the 50+ hours I spent on the japanese version, so i tried transferring my save. What I did was, i opened up both the NTSC and japanese data.bin's with FE100 and i found the 6 save files, and i copied over my old one to the new save file. I repacked it, copied it to the wii, and lo and behold, it worked fine; So, I can confirm that you can transfer over your save from the JP to US version of Monster Hunter Tri!

Now the thing is, back when i started playing the japanese one, i hadnt foreseen all this, and i couldnt use the in-game keyboard without it freezing so I had to leave the name as the default HUNTER. I tried opening it up in a hex editor and changing it to the name i wanted in the new file, "Choogie", but it freezes up when i select Begin The Game, when it has to load the list of savefiles. I also tried replacing some bytes that looked like they were linked to the savefile's/character's name, but it still didn't work. So my question is, are there any hackers out there who know what they are doing and maybe have some experience with wii save hacking/using FE100 that know if i'm doing something wrong? am i throwing off some checksum by editing the savedata? Any help or steps in the right direction will be appreciated.

 

[brett824]

I was actually wondering this same exact thing. I too am named HUNTER.

Also, I played a bit of online in the JP version, will playing with that save on the US servers cause any problems? I don't want to get banned for 1000 years.

 

[Skiller]

Well, i couldn't wait for the U.S. version of monster hunter tri, so i've been keeping myself occupied with the japanese one a few months. So i went out and bought the U.S. version, and i didnt feel like doing the 50+ hours I spent on the japanese version, so i tried transferring my save. What I did was, i opened up both the NTSC and japanese data.bin's with FE100 and i found the 6 save files, and i copied over my old one to the new save file. I repacked it, copied it to the wii, and lo and behold, it worked fine; So, I can confirm that you can transfer over your save from the JP to US version of Monster Hunter Tri!

Now the thing is, back when i started playing the japanese one, i hadnt foreseen all this, and i couldnt use the in-game keyboard without it freezing so I had to leave the name as the default HUNTER. I tried opening it up in a hex editor and changing it to the name i wanted in the new file, "Choogie", but it freezes up when i select Begin The Game, when it has to load the list of savefiles. I also tried replacing some bytes that looked like they were linked to the savefile's/character's name, but it still didn't work. So my question is, are there any hackers out there who know what they are doing and maybe have some experience with wii save hacking/using FE100 that know if i'm doing something wrong? am i throwing off some checksum by editing the savedata? Any help or steps in the right direction will be appreciated.

what about a Cheat code would that help u .. i could find a code that will alow u to change the name of the character it should alow it to be saved to . ?

 

[brett824]

what about a Cheat code would that help u .. i could find a code that will alow u to change the name of the character it should alow it to be saved to . ?

That would work too.

 

[Skiller]

K cool give me a little bit and i will post u something here

 

[diego71102244]

Well, i couldn't wait for the U.S. version of monster hunter tri, so i've been keeping myself occupied with the japanese one a few months. So i went out and bought the U.S. version, and i didnt feel like doing the 50+ hours I spent on the japanese version, so i tried transferring my save. What I did was, i opened up both the NTSC and japanese data.bin's with FE100 and i found the 6 save files, and i copied over my old one to the new save file. I repacked it, copied it to the wii, and lo and behold, it worked fine; So, I can confirm that you can transfer over your save from the JP to US version of Monster Hunter Tri!

Now the thing is, back when i started playing the japanese one, i hadnt foreseen all this, and i couldnt use the in-game keyboard without it freezing so I had to leave the name as the default HUNTER. I tried opening it up in a hex editor and changing it to the name i wanted in the new file, "Choogie", but it freezes up when i select Begin The Game, when it has to load the list of savefiles. I also tried replacing some bytes that looked like they were linked to the savefile's/character's name, but it still didn't work. So my question is, are there any hackers out there who know what they are doing and maybe have some experience with wii save hacking/using FE100 that know if i'm doing something wrong? am i throwing off some checksum by editing the savedata? Any help or steps in the right direction will be appreciated.

Do you really bought the game? i thought the game wasnt even out yet.

 

[brett824]

Well, i couldn't wait for the U.S. version of monster hunter tri, so i've been keeping myself occupied with the japanese one a few months. So i went out and bought the U.S. version, and i didnt feel like doing the 50+ hours I spent on the japanese version, so i tried transferring my save. What I did was, i opened up both the NTSC and japanese data.bin's with FE100 and i found the 6 save files, and i copied over my old one to the new save file. I repacked it, copied it to the wii, and lo and behold, it worked fine; So, I can confirm that you can transfer over your save from the JP to US version of Monster Hunter Tri!

Now the thing is, back when i started playing the japanese one, i hadnt foreseen all this, and i couldnt use the in-game keyboard without it freezing so I had to leave the name as the default HUNTER. I tried opening it up in a hex editor and changing it to the name i wanted in the new file, "Choogie", but it freezes up when i select Begin The Game, when it has to load the list of savefiles. I also tried replacing some bytes that looked like they were linked to the savefile's/character's name, but it still didn't work. So my question is, are there any hackers out there who know what they are doing and maybe have some experience with wii save hacking/using FE100 that know if i'm doing something wrong? am i throwing off some checksum by editing the savedata? Any help or steps in the right direction will be appreciated.

Do you really bought the game? i thought the game wasnt even out yet.

Mom 'n' pop stores.

 

[Skiller]

SOme places have it a few PPl got it already from Gamestop


Test Name Change
4A000000 90000000
101B254A 000000??
101B254B 000000??
101B254C 000000??
101B254D 000000??
101B254E 000000??
101B254F 000000??
101B2550 000000??
101B2551 000000??
E0000000 80008000

test this im in the middle of something so i cant tell if it saves with it or if it works on anything but my file lol

Note its letter 1 to 7 from top to bottom


go to this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

Look for : > ASCII printable characters

And use them Hex values that are next to the letter u want to use .. note the game says 7 letters only so i did not try to go past 7 if u are goin to use less then 7 then just put 00

 

[brett824]

SOme places have it a few PPl got it already from Gamestop


Test Name Change
4A000000 90000000
101B254A 000000??
101B254B 000000??
101B254C 000000??
101B254D 000000??
101B254E 000000??
101B254F 000000??
101B2550 000000??
101B2551 000000??
E0000000 80008000

test this im in the middle of something so i cant tell if it saves with it or if it works on anything but my file lol

Note its letter 1 to 7 from top to bottom


go to this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

Look for : > ASCII printable characters

And use them Hex values that are next to the letter u want to use .. note the game says 7 letters only so i did not try to go past 7 if u are goin to use less then 7 then just put 00

Is this for the US version or the JP version?

 

[Skiller]

SOme places have it a few PPl got it already from Gamestop


Test Name Change
4A000000 90000000
101B254A 000000??
101B254B 000000??
101B254C 000000??
101B254D 000000??
101B254E 000000??
101B254F 000000??
101B2550 000000??
101B2551 000000??
E0000000 80008000

test this im in the middle of something so i cant tell if it saves with it or if it works on anything but my file lol

Note its letter 1 to 7 from top to bottom


go to this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

Look for : > ASCII printable characters

And use them Hex values that are next to the letter u want to use .. note the game says 7 letters only so i did not try to go past 7 if u are goin to use less then 7 then just put 00

Is this for the US version or the JP version?

its for the US version ..

 

[brett824]

Looks like it works!

 

[Skiller]

So it saved your game with the new name ?

im working on hacking this game right now .

i will add that code to the list of codes thanks

man this version has chenged alot since the demo

 

[brett824]

Alright, I got the code for name change working, but I can't get save transferring to work.

I unpack both of them with both with FE100, and then grab the data00 file from the nocopy folder of the JP save and put it in the NTSC save's nocopy folder. When I try to repack and install the save on my Wii, it gives me an error along the lines "not all data could be copied". And it doesn't work at all.

 

[Skiller]

Note: Characters 1 to 7 starting from the top if u dont use 7 then 00 the ones u dont use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

 

[brett824]

Note: Characters 1 to 7 starting from the top if u dont use 7 then 00 the ones u dont use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

 

[Treflex]

Wow, thanks for the fast/enthusiastic replies!

Skiller, the code worked wonders. It was able to save my new name and it stayed when i loaded the game without the code. Thanks a bunch

Brett, i dont exactly know what the savegame manager is nor have i used it, but if it does just convert the JP save to a US save, it might not be safe because there is a file inside the data.bin called "network" and i have a feeling it would cause problems switching regions as the online systems for mh3 in Japan and the U.S are different. I could be wrong though xD

 

[brett824]

Wow, thanks for the fast/enthusiastic replies!

Skiller, the code worked wonders. It was able to save my new name and it stayed when i loaded the game without the code. Thanks a bunch

Brett, i dont exactly know what the savegame manager is nor have i used it, but if it does just convert the JP save to a US save, it might not be safe because there is a file inside the data.bin called "network" and i have a feeling it would cause problems switching regions as the online systems for mh3 in Japan and the U.S are different. I could be wrong though xD

Well all it does is create unpacked dumps of the saves on your SD card. From there you can switch the data0X files and then install the unpacked form again.

 

[Treflex]

Oh wow. O_O that would've saved me so much time and inconvenience xD but it doesn't matter. thanks for the code again skiller

 

[wiiwax]

Can you play a backup online or do you need to buy the retail game for online play on the US servers?

 

[duelle]

Is there a way to transfer the save from one Wii to another if the Wiis are modded? It's one of those games where you can't move the save to an SD card normally.